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News Briefs July 24, 2008
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Posted on Jul 23 2008
[B]Tinian Peace Ceremony to mark 6th year
[/B] Preparations are now underway for the 6th annual Tinian Nagasaki Hiroshima Peace Ceremony that will be held Aug. 6, the anniversary of the 1945 American atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, which took off from the island of Tinian.
[/B] Preparations are now underway for the 6th annual Tinian Nagasaki Hiroshima Peace Ceremony that will be held Aug. 6, the anniversary of the 1945 American atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan by the Enola Gay, which took off from the island of Tinian.
Scheduled events for the ceremony include a Sounding of the Sirens at 9:15am at the Children’s Peace Monument that will coincide with the moment of silence at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony in Japan (9:15 am is the local time the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima). A special multi-faith prayer for peace is also scheduled for the morning portion of the peace ceremony. An evening candlelight vigil featuring performances of peace songs and poetry by community members will be held at 7pm on the night of the ceremony. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B] [B]Unscheduled power outage[/B]
The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. said that on July 21 the previously promulgated load shedding schedule was expanded to include other areas of the grid not previously scheduled. This was due to mechanical problems one of the large engines at Power Plant 1.
At 4:26pm, engine no. 6 was manually tripped as a result of mechanical problems on the cylinder head lubricator motor. The repair of the unit was immediately initiated by the plant staff and was completed at 10:10pm that evening.
The CUC apologizes for any inconvenience as a result of this problem.[B][I] (CUC)[/I][/B] [B]Jury selection reset[/B]
This is to inform the public that the jury selection presently set for July 28, 2008 at 8:30am for Panel “BS” is vacated until further notice, according to a notice issued by Clerk of Court Bernadita A. Sablan. [B][I](PR)[/I][/B]
